Monday, October 10, 2016

Virtual Tour: The Thunder Beneath Us by Nicole Blades

About the Book

To the world, Best
Lightburn is a talented writer rising up the masthead at international style
magazineJames, girlfriend of a gorgeous up-and-coming actor,
and friend to New York City’s fabulous. Then there’s the other Best, the one
who has chosen to recast herself as an only child rather than confront the
truth.Ten years ago, on Christmas Eve, Best and her two
older brothers took a shortcut over a frozen lake. When the ice cracked, all
three went in. Only Best came out. People said she was lucky, but that kind of
luck is nothing but a burden. Because Best knows what she had to do to survive.
And after years of covering up the past, her guilt is detonating through every
facet of her seemingly charmed life. It’s all unraveling so fast: her new boss
is undermining and deceitful, her boyfriend is recovering from a breakdown, and
a recent investigative story has led to a secret affair with the magazine’s
wealthy publisher.Best is quick-witted and headstrong, but how do
you find a way to happiness when you’re sure you haven’t earned it—or embrace a
future you feel you don’t deserve? Evocative and emotional,The Thunder Beneath Usis a gripping novel about learning to carry loss without
breaking, and to heal and forgive—not least of all, ourselves.

Nicole Blades is a novelist and journalist who has been putting her stories on paper since the third grade. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, by Caribbean parents, Nicole moved to New York City and launched her journalism career working atEssence magazine. She later co-founded the online magazine SheNetworks, and worked as an editor at ESPN and Women’s Health.

Now a freelance writer, her features and essays have appeared inMORE magazine, Cosmopolitan, NYTimes.com, WashingtonPost.com, MarieClaire.com, BuzzFeed, SELF, and BlogHer. Nicole has been a speaker and panelist at BlogHer and MA Conference for Women. She also created Ms. Mary Mack, a blog that aims to bring compassion and common sense back to parenthood.